July 7, 2002, Sunday

Battling Bad Reviews Productions at Off Broadway's two largest theaters are fighting for audiences, trying to use deep pockets and a dash of star power to counteract reviews that ranged from less than stellar to truly terrible.

NEWS Encore, Encore In a career of more than 50 years, Julie Harris has come to be regarded as perhaps the quintessential American theater actress, not least because of her five Tony Awards, the most ever won by a performer. Starting tomorrow at...

JULIE HARRIS is a theater star who has prevailed for more than 50 years. ''If I were on a street corner and we had an audience . . .'' she says. There is no need for her to finish that sentence. Having emphasized the word audience, she quickly adds,...

January 21, 2001, Sunday

THE stage is set for an unusual triple birthday party tomorrow night: the renowned Yale School of Drama is marking its 75th year, the Yale University Dramatic Association (the Dramat) its 100th, and Yale University its 300th anniversary. The...

''My Business Is to Love'' was the title of Sunday afternoon's sung and acted entertainment at Alice Tully Hall. The words are Emily Dickinson's, and they carry a characteristically heavy freight of feeling -- negative, unillusioned and bitter as...